Tombstone epitaph., 1887-12-10

Apache Indians are suffered to remain within her borders, just so long will the peace of Arizona be insecure and he, progress be retarded. Their presence constitutes the only obstruction to the development of this, one of the richest portions of the United States. Remove them, and Arizona, free and untrammeled, will work out her great destiny. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The public buildings of the Territory are the Territorial prison at Yuma, the insane asylum at Phenix, and the nor- mai school at Tempe. An appropriation was made for the erection of Territo- rial university, to be located at Tucson, which has not yet been constructed. The Federal Government has not yet made an appropriation for the erection of any public building in Arizona. It would be economy to do so, as the amount of rent paid for rooms occupied by United States officers in the Territory would in few years repay the cost of construction of a suitable public ouilding.
 LEGISLATION.
 The legislative assembly of the Terri tory meets biennially. The last session, the fourteenth, commenced on the 10th day of January, and ended by legal re- quirement on the 10th day of March, having been in session sixty days.
 The laws of the Territory were made to conform to the acs of the Forty. ninth Congress, prohibiting special legislation, and limiting Territorial indebtedness. General laws were passed regulating all subjects upon which special legislation is prohibited. They strictly observed the Federal law in keeping within the Con- gressional appropriation for the expenses of the session, also regarding the num- Der of employees. As the law now stands an unequal physical burden is imposed upon Territorial legislative assemblies, it being an impossibility to successfully dis patch the regular business of the session with the clerical force now limited by law. There should be allowed at least two more clerks for each body. The present compensation of $4 per day is entirely inadequate, not being sufficient to pay ordinary daily expenses. It should certainly not be less than S6 per day.
 UNDEvELopED RESOURCES.
 It is difficult to estimate the undevel- oped resources of Territory containing 73,ooo,ooo acres of land. About I8,ooo,- 900 acres are now in use for stock-rais- ing. The remaining s6,ooo, 900 are min- eral and agricultural lands. It is esti- mated in the stretch of desert land from Yuma to the mountain ranges of Pima county, distance of 200 miles in length by I25 miles in width, there is contained about I5,ooo,ooo acres. This is pre- eminently citrus fruit belt, where can be grown to perfection the orange, lemon, lime, banana, fig, olive, date and raisin grape. Every requirement of soil and climate exist in Southern Arizona to ren- der it one of the richest citrus and semi tropical fruit districts in the world. To reclaim this now desert waste and make it yield an abundance of valuable crops, there IS only needed an artificial appli- cation of water. It is to irrigation, then. that this Territory must look, to large extent, for the development of her re- sources. l respectfully renew my rec that Congress make lib- eral appropriation for photographic survey, with view to obtaining water by storage reservoirs in the mountain sheds, and testing the utility of artesian wells for that purpose in the valleys. Millions of acres of the most desiiable agricultural and horticultural lands now lie idle awaiting reclamation by these agencies.
 GENERAL PROGRESS.
 The progress of the Territory for the past year has been gratifying. A new interest has been given to all our in- dustrial enterprises. Canals and water ways are being constructed, thousands of acres of land are being reclaimed, new are being built, herds of cattle are increasing, agriculture and horti- culture are prospering, mining interests are improving, labor is pro6tably em- ployed, capital is receiving liberal re- turn, and law and order are maintained. Outside of the presence of the Apache Indians within her borders, there is nothing now to retard Arizona's rapid development. Feopled by sturdy, liberal, and progressive body of citizens, she is making social as well as industrial progress, and laying the foundation deep and strong for the establishment of q free and sovereign State.
 Very respectfully, yours,
 (. MEYER ZULICK,
 Governor.
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